Career Cruising Investigation

Over the past week, we have been using Career Cruising to investigate the possibilities of working in the field of Communication Technology.  You now have a much better picture of what kinds of jobs are available to you in a related field. 

Do you feel that you have learned about a field that might offer you a profitable future?

Does this require you to go to college after high school?

Out of a range of 1 to 10, what is the chance of you going in this direction? Explain your plan at this point.

Mother's Day

Mother's Day has been around for many years, as long as I can remember anyway.  It's a day to make Mom's feel extra special for the time they have devoted to their family, all year long.  Like all special occasions, Mother's Day had to have started at some time and somewhere.

Where and when did Mother's Day originate or start?

What do you plan to do for your Mom on this Mother's Day weekend?

Starting a New App

Two or three weeks ago, we started a new unit and have started using a new computer application.  Usually, starting a new application requires learning a lot of new stuff, to do new things.  In this case, we are using another Adobe app that has a lot of similar functions as the other apps that we have already learned.

What functions (2) have you found the same (that you already knew). Explain.

Do you feel that using apps from the same group, Adobe, has increased your learning ability?  Explain in 3 sentences.

How Accurate is a Weather Forecast?

For centuries, we have been predicting the weather patterns that flow around the earth every day.  For centuries, we have also been complaining about the lack of accuracy in the forecast.

Visit http://www.timeanddate.com/weather/forecast-accuracy-time.html to find the answers to these questions:

Is forecasting the weather a simple task or a very complex task?  Explain in a minimum of 3 sentences.

How does the accuracy of the weather forecast of today, compare to the accuracy of 20 yeas ago? Look for a specific comparison.

Our School Checkup

This week was a new experience for us all as we prepared ourselves to show the district checkup team what we  have to offer at College Heights.  The checkup was from one end of the school to the other, experiencing the lessons carried out in the classes to the procedures carried out in the main office.  What a day it was!

Were you prepared for the day?

Do you feel that the team was impressed?

(Write a minimum of 3 sentences to answer the questions.)

Family Day

Family Day has not been around for too long. 

In Ontario, who created Family Day and when was it started?

Why was it started?

My plans for Family Day are:

(Write a sentence or 2 for each.)

It's Christmas Time...

The Christmas season is a time of all sorts of special and magical events.  It is a time of giving!  Of course spending is not always necessary if you are giving from your heart.  It can also be a time when you do something special for someone that is close to you.

On this occasion, what special things have you encountered?  Something that you did for someone else or something that was done for you?

And what special plans do you have for the upcoming holiday season?